Job summary
Post Title
Recovery Coordinator
Service/Ward/Department
Pathfinder Pennine Care
Borough
Stockport
Band & salary scale
5
Hours of work
37.5
Permanent/Fixed term
12 month fixed term
Service/Ward/Department Summary:
This is an exciting time to join the team at Pathfinder Stockport. We provide a non-discriminatory and user friendly service, offering recovery focussed interventions to reduce substance misuse related harm for individuals, their families, and the local community. We work in partnership with wider health and wellbeing services to meet the diverse needs of Stockport residents, and to deliver a high standard of care.
All new starters to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS) will be recharged for the full cost of the check. Substantive staff will have the amount deducted from their first months' salary.
Main duties of the job
Role Summary:
A substance misuse worker, to work within a multi-disciplinary team to facilitate a range of recovery and abstinence focused interventions for adults with substance misuse problems.
Key Responsibilities of the Post:
- To actively manage the recovery journeys of a case load of drug and alcohol clients with complex needs
- To actively manage a caseload of clients receiving OST
- To support both drug and alcohol clients through community and in-patient detoxification programs.
- To provide comprehensive initial and on-going assessment of need.
- To formulate, implement and review care plans.
- To support group work programs.
- To actively engage with carers and significant others both in advising their own needs, and where appropriate as part of the service users care.
- To provide reports in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and attend Child In Need and other safeguarding meetings
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of specialist training (i.e. NVQ Level 3 or Diploma in Community Health or recognised Drug and Alcohol qualification) or relevant experience of working in the drug and alcohol field.
Desirable
- Relevant professional qualification e.g. RGN / RMN / DipSW
- Relevant training in specialist area.
- Training in sexual health /blood borne viruses
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with a variety of alcohol issues and interventions.
- Significant experience of delivering evidenced based interventions for a variety of other substances
- Significant experience of assessing clients' health and social care needs in a drug or alcohol setting.
- Significant experience of care planning , risk assessment and risk management as it relates to the substance misuse sector
- Significant experience of providing advice and support on health and / or social issues
- Significant experience of multi-disciplinary and multiagency working.
- Significant experience of delivering effective interventions to individuals and groups who have drug and / or alcohol problems
- Significant experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals / groups
- Significant experience of working as part of a team in order to achieve a shared vision / goal
Desirable
- Experience of community engagement and service user and carer involvement
- Experience of working in a primary care setting
- Experience of delivering Health and wellbeing interventions
- Experience of prescription / medicines management as it relates to the substance misuse sector.
- Experience of delivering training
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the physical, psychological and health effects of drug and alcohol use and appropriate interventions.
- Knowledge of therapeutic techniques ( such as motivational interviewing)
- Knowledge of brief interventions and extended brief interventions
- Understanding of the recovery and abstinence agenda and ability to apply this to practice.
- Knowledge of treatment options and resources available to support problem alcohol users.
- Knowledge of issues relating to Drug and Alcohol and understanding of the principles of harm minimisation
- Knowledge of the importance of mutual aid and peer support networks
- Understanding of local communities and their diverse health and wellbeing needs
- An awareness of policies in relation to confidentiality information sharing and child protection
Desirable
- Knowledge of therapeutic processes including wider social networks (e.g. systemic approaches)
- Knowledge of Health and social Care priorities as they relate to Primary Care.
- Knowledge of national substance misuse strategy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to assess, care plan, risk assess and risk manage as it relates to the substance misuse sector
- Case management skills
- Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions for a variety of alcohol related issues
- Ability to deliver brief interventions and extended brief interventions
- Ability to deliver evidenced based interventions for a variety of other substances
- Ability to work with clients on a one to one and via group work
Desirable
- Ability to deliver training
- Experience of user involvement in service development
- Ability to undertake education and training initiatives
- Able to facilitate and devise education and training programmes
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of specialist training (i.e. NVQ Level 3 or Diploma in Community Health or recognised Drug and Alcohol qualification) or relevant experience of working in the drug and alcohol field.
Desirable
- Relevant professional qualification e.g. RGN / RMN / DipSW
- Relevant training in specialist area.
- Training in sexual health /blood borne viruses
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with a variety of alcohol issues and interventions.
- Significant experience of delivering evidenced based interventions for a variety of other substances
- Significant experience of assessing clients' health and social care needs in a drug or alcohol setting.
- Significant experience of care planning , risk assessment and risk management as it relates to the substance misuse sector
- Significant experience of providing advice and support on health and / or social issues
- Significant experience of multi-disciplinary and multiagency working.
- Significant experience of delivering effective interventions to individuals and groups who have drug and / or alcohol problems
- Significant experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals / groups
- Significant experience of working as part of a team in order to achieve a shared vision / goal
Desirable
- Experience of community engagement and service user and carer involvement
- Experience of working in a primary care setting
- Experience of delivering Health and wellbeing interventions
- Experience of prescription / medicines management as it relates to the substance misuse sector.
- Experience of delivering training
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the physical, psychological and health effects of drug and alcohol use and appropriate interventions.
- Knowledge of therapeutic techniques ( such as motivational interviewing)
- Knowledge of brief interventions and extended brief interventions
- Understanding of the recovery and abstinence agenda and ability to apply this to practice.
- Knowledge of treatment options and resources available to support problem alcohol users.
- Knowledge of issues relating to Drug and Alcohol and understanding of the principles of harm minimisation
- Knowledge of the importance of mutual aid and peer support networks
- Understanding of local communities and their diverse health and wellbeing needs
- An awareness of policies in relation to confidentiality information sharing and child protection
Desirable
- Knowledge of therapeutic processes including wider social networks (e.g. systemic approaches)
- Knowledge of Health and social Care priorities as they relate to Primary Care.
- Knowledge of national substance misuse strategy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to assess, care plan, risk assess and risk manage as it relates to the substance misuse sector
- Case management skills
- Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions for a variety of alcohol related issues
- Ability to deliver brief interventions and extended brief interventions
- Ability to deliver evidenced based interventions for a variety of other substances
- Ability to work with clients on a one to one and via group work
Desirable
- Ability to deliver training
- Experience of user involvement in service development
- Ability to undertake education and training initiatives
- Able to facilitate and devise education and training programmes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
